Casualty
Which suggests that over a period of time drug abuse can lead to mental illness. The post Casualty appeared first on Dual Diagnosis Treatment Help.
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Those with ADHD are more likely to try drugs or alcohol at a younger age than their peers and more likely to experience a negative response from those encounters. The post Attention-Deficit...
View ArticleAutism Spectrum Disorder
Points to certain types of substance abuse (especially alcohol abuse) exaggerate symptoms common to the condition of autism (impaired social skills, impaired perception of facial emotions, theory of...
View ArticlePast Exposure to Psychiatric Medications
Explores the possibility that past exposure to psychiatric medication alters neural synapses which might create a new imbalance in the absence of the medication; symptom(s) might appear that can only...
View ArticleAlleviation of Dysphoria
In which people with acute mental illness are perceived to have a negative self-image (anxiety, depression, boredom, and loneliness), leading to a higher prosperity to use psychoactive substances as an...
View ArticleMultiple Risk Factor
Postulates that shared risk factors contribute heavily to both substance abuse and mental illness, including but not limited to; social isolation, poverty, lack of structured daily activity, lack of...
View ArticleSuper-Sensitivity
Theories that persons with severe mental illness also have biological and psychological vulnerabilities caused by genetic and early environmental life events. When exaggeration of pre-existing...
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